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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1939
Page
4
Longo Hill of Oklahoma City, a 17 year skunk trapper, markets skunk meat baked with red pepper and claims skunk blubber has broad use from chili to general cooking. He says a skunk's hide fetches $1.20 per pint, sometimes a quart, with remaining parts used at home.
A lilting verse describes a brave winter dawn and a treetop burst of color. The column notes Mrs. Dick Forster and Mrs. Alston Foster visiting in Texas and a series of social and shopping trips as Talbot’s stores and local families travel for markets and visits. A Friday Music Club gathering is announced and a birth, Joy Ann, is reported from Julia Chesler hospital.
The Ouachita College Symphonic Choir 32 singers will perform a sacred concert at 7 40 p m Sunday at First Baptist Church. Directed by George D Crawford with Helen Chamblee supervising the choir has toured Arkansas and major southern cities including Chicago. The group has been selected for the Southern Baptist Student Conference in Memphis and invited to sing at the Southern Baptist Convention in Oklahoma City this May. A northern and eastern tour is planned for April.
The City Library catalog features titles including Upton Sinclair The Jungle and Dust Flower by Basil Kite alongside Marriage of Convenience and Green The Knye by Margaret Dela Alas Poor Yorick by Bill, reflecting a varied literary selection on the shelves.
Farmers under conservation programs plant winter cover crops on 1,260 acres to protect soil from erosion. Legumes return nitrogen when green manured, pasture acres rise from 7,833 to 10,000, and 3,000 acres have been sodded with Bermuda grass. Meadow land expands to 4,015 acres, and 7,000 acres of woods are conserved to reduce fire risk and grazing impact.
Mullens report Calotabs aid nature in fighting colds. A dose is one or two tabletas nightly for two to four days. They act as a thorough eliminant clearing the tract and as a diuretic to purge cold poisons from the blood. Calotabs are economical at twenty five cents for a family package and ten cents for a trial package.
Insurgent sources predicted the fall of the capital within days as air raids continued. Deaths and injuries from three days of bombings near 500, while a wood supply crisis threatens farm needs. Conservation efforts bring promised yields and economic gains per acre. Meadow and terrace projects improve moisture retention and crop yields. US milk production numbers highlight national supply.
Paul Harrison roams a Hollywood party with a portable mic asking celebrities about Sophie Glitz and other talk of the town. The Stage magazine piece notes industry shifts, coop ventures, and star power from Garbo to Dietrich, with Cantor and Brondell next in line for new deals.
Janet confronts a shifted love triangle after her broken engagement to Lance. Cynthia contemplates giving up the White House, while Janet adjusts to social scrutiny, reassurance from Cyn, and uneasy companionship with Barney as secrets loom and a cliffhanger ends the chapter.
The article reports censorship worries in film production with the word strip removed from titles, disputes over advertising, and friction around promotions. It notes Fox sending an Africa background expedition, a Los Angeles burlesque sign about Topper Takes a Strip, Jeanne Cagney linked to Universal, Hal Roach signing his daughter for Captain Fury, and MGM considering It Cant Happen Here while Wings of the Navy is praised as a top documentary.
Appropriations for Hawaii would be submitted to the General Assembly within 15 days after the next session convenes. The bill authorizes state-operated wholesale liquor stores with prices fixed by the state board. No alcohol can be sold except in a closed package and liquor cannot be consumed in the store. Sunday Christmas and election day sales are prohibited.
By Bill Porter and George Scarbo, the profile traces a performer who toured with a Shakespearean company for three years, built a stock and New York stage career, appeared in silent films, returned to Broadway, then joined talkies in Hollywood. Her latest film is Scandal Street as she recovers from a fractured knee after portraying Mo Beebe in Bing Crosby's Sing Your Sinners.
A collage of remarks and scenes captures Alice Faye and Grace Moore with male companions at a Cincinnati hotel bar, conductor Irving Talbot reacting to musicians, Grace Moore curtsying to a duchess, Caruso memories, Toronto boy George Malaiko at the Metropolitan Opera, Edward Johnson defending theater actions, and Harry Hopkins commenting on forthcoming commerce policy.
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